Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:03 pm
#1877058
Hi all, I'm hoping to gain some knowledge or the gist of how to know wether it's a good day to fly or not...
I've only just passed my skills test (last Saturday and so don't have an official piece of paper yet) and one of the things that has dawned on me is that now I'm on my own, I can't rely on the person in the right seat to make judgment calls on whether it's safe to fly or not.
For instance, having checked the weather, metars and TAFs, would you go out for an hour or two's nav if it was overcast but otherwise benign? ( I know that most of the UK is like this 65% of the time...) I seem to be worried that the cloud level might drop and I'd be stuck. This might not happen in real life
And secondly, what are the particular conditions as a VFR pilot that might get you caught up in an icing scenario? I'd like to be able to learn the kind of situations that might lead to such so I can avoid it (flying a high wing Cessna doesn't offer an easy look at the wing).
So any hints, tips or rules of thumb appreciated.
Tim.
I've only just passed my skills test (last Saturday and so don't have an official piece of paper yet) and one of the things that has dawned on me is that now I'm on my own, I can't rely on the person in the right seat to make judgment calls on whether it's safe to fly or not.
For instance, having checked the weather, metars and TAFs, would you go out for an hour or two's nav if it was overcast but otherwise benign? ( I know that most of the UK is like this 65% of the time...) I seem to be worried that the cloud level might drop and I'd be stuck. This might not happen in real life
And secondly, what are the particular conditions as a VFR pilot that might get you caught up in an icing scenario? I'd like to be able to learn the kind of situations that might lead to such so I can avoid it (flying a high wing Cessna doesn't offer an easy look at the wing).
So any hints, tips or rules of thumb appreciated.
Tim.